<TITLE>05. Par 45-56</TITLE>L-45 And as they went along and begin to talk along the road... Jesus, I want you to notice the first thing Jesus did, went right straight to the Scripture. He said, "Oh, foolish of heart, is it hard for you to believe what the prophets said?" For He'd just asked them, "Why are you so sad?"
And they said, "Are You but a Stranger? Don't You know that Jesus of Nazareth, Who we thought to be the Messiah, the Deliverer of Israel, don't you know that this is even the third day since He was crucified? And He was a mighty Man in the Word. He was a mighty Prophet, because it's many miracles and things, God did by Him. And this is the third day; and now they have killed Him, and buried Him, and He was in the grave. And some women come to us and told us that He had risen from the dead. And we knowed it was just a foolish tale, so we're on our road back."

L-47 Then's when He begin to open up the Word. Oh, I love God's eternal Word. He begin to go through the Scriptures, beginning with Moses. He never left anything uncovered; He went straight to the Word.
Any God-sent man, I don't care who he is, he'll stay with God's Word. If he doesn't, he's not a true servant of God.
He went right to the Word. And He showed by the Word that Christ was to die, raise again, and enter into His glory. Now, oh, how they must have talked.
I'd like to have had that little few hours talk with Him (wouldn't you?) along the road. You say, "Well, Brother Branham, I sure would. Wish I could." Well, we can have it right now. That's Him talking to you in your heart. You just don't recognize it.

L-51 Now, notice as He drew near the city, evening was coming; He made out like He was going to go on by.
He might do that to you too. He might make you think that He's going to go on by, but He won't. He won't go by. He just wants you to invite Him.
And they said to Him, "Oh, the day is far spent. Now, don't go on, but please come in and abide with us." You just give Him that kind of an invitation; find out what will take place. Said, "The day was far spent now, You come and abide with us. It's towards the evening." Then He turned and went in at the little restaurant, the little inn.
In Europe they still have it. You eat and sleep, and everything's all paid for in one bill, your hotel.
And when He got inside with them, here's the beautiful part. All that day while they talked with Him, He never said one thing. Yet, they had walked with Him and talked with Him before, but they did not recognize it.
Who kept you from having that accident the other day? Who let that baby get well? Who paid that grocery bill for you? It was Him, but you just don't recognize it. Who is it give you health to come out to the church tonight? It's Him, but you don't recognize it. Oh, if we could only do as them, just bid Him to come in.

L-56 And when He come in, got inside, shut the doors, then He done something that no other man could do it that way. He was the only One that could do it, for they had been with Him before His crucifixion. And He took that bread, and just the way He did it, that was His Own way of doing it. And their eyes come open, and they knew that could only be Him. He didn't tarry with them very long. [Brother Branham snaps his finger--Ed.] He vanished out of their sight, just in a moment.
And on their road, they went back just as hard as they could go, light-footed, just a-shouting the victory, to tell them that, "The Lord has raised indeed." They didn't go back to argue their religion. They didn't go back to fuss about it. But they just knew He had raised from the dead.


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